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Orbital 77 – Francis Scott Key

During the War of 1812, a lawyer named Francis Scott Key was inspired to write The Star-Spangled Banner, which would come to be the national anthem of the United States of America. But how much do we know about Key and his broadside ballad? Find out as Gap sits down with Francis Scott Key on Orbital.

We talk about the full four verses of the anthem in this episode. But, if you are interested in the FIFTH verse written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, you can learn about that here!